10th Annual Celebration Includes Musical Performances, Tributes, Education and Social Events. The Folly Theater, Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts, 18th & Vine Jazz District and Selected Kansas ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...

The City Parks Foundation kicked off its 25th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Wednesday August 23, 2017 at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. On Thursday August 24th and Friday August ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — What do you get when you combine art and music festivals in Harlem? You get a fabulous day in Marcus Garvey Park. It was the 32nd annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This June, “Spotlight: Charlie Parker” is returning for its 14th year, bringing back a summer-long program dedicated to honoring the life and influence of Kansas City jazz legend ...

rom the mid-1800s, New York City parks have played host to free summer concerts. In 1986 the first Summerstage concerts took off at Central Park, opening the doors of music and culture to all New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jazz, history and culture were celebrated Thursday, August 29 at the American Jazz Museum. The event was held ...

This year’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City will include an array of pianists, vocalists and other jazz musicians brought together to perform in honor of Parker and his creative legacy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday marks what would be the 104th birthday of jazz legend and Kansas City icon Charlie Parker. Now, there is a new way to celebrate his legacy, support the American Jazz Museum ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — People from all over the world are still coming to Kansas City to pay their respects to one of the true giants of American jazz. It’s Charlie Parker, a jazz legend who went by the ...

American Jazz group Social Science performs at the 25th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park, New York, New York, August 26, 2017. Pictured are, from left, Morgan Guerin ...